- ►nih.gov T Kadowaki, T Yamauchi, N Kubota, K … - Journal of Clinical …, 2006 - Am Soc Clin Investig Adiponectin is an adipokine that is specifically and abundantly expressed in adipose tissue and
directly sensitizes the body to insulin. Hypoadiponectinemia, caused by interactions of genetic
factors such as SNPs in the Adiponectin gene and environmental factors causing obesity, ... Cited by 411 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
PE Scherer - Diabetes, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc Adipose tissue, when carried around in excessive amounts, predisposes to a large number of
diseases. Epidemiological data show that the prevalence of obesity has significantly increased
over the past 20 years and continues to do so at an alarming rate. Here, some molecular ... Cited by 177 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►nih.gov JY Kim, E van de Wall, M Laplante, A … - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - Am Soc Clin Investig 1 Department of Cell Biology and 2 Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, New York, New York, USA. 3 Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Laval University
Hospital Centre Research Centre, Laval University School of Medicine, Quebec City, ... Cited by 120 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►endojournals.org ME Trujillo, PE Scherer - Endocrine reviews, 2006 - Endocrine Soc The endocrine functions of the adipose organ are widely studied at this stage. The adipose
organ, and in particular adipocytes, communicate with almost all other organs. Although some
adipose tissue pads assume the functions as distinct "miniorgans," adipocytes can also ... Cited by 119 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►ahajournals.org N Sattar, G Wannamethee, N Sarwar, J Tchernova, L … - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— We measured baseline adiponectin levels in stored serum samples of
589 men with fatal CHD or nonfatal myocardial infarction and in 1231 controls nested within
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MJ Yoon, GY Lee, JJ Chung, YH Ahn, SH Hong, JB … - Diabetes, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc Adiponectin has recently received a great deal of attention due to its beneficial effects on insulin
resistance and metabolic disorders. One of the mechanisms through which adiponectin exerts
such effects involves an increase in fatty acid oxidation in muscle and liver. In the present ... Cited by 84 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org N Stefan, AM Hennige, H Staiger, J Machann, F … - Diabetes Care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Adjusted circulating RBP4 correlated negatively with insulin sensitivity (clamp: r
= −0.33, P = 0.005; OGTT: r = −0.36, P = 0.002) and positively with parameters in the fasting state
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- ►nih.gov ZV Wang, TD Schraw, JY Kim, T Khan, MW … - Molecular and cellular …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol Adiponectin is a secretory protein abundantly secreted from adipocytes. It assembles into a number
of different higher-order complexes. Adipocytes maintain tight control over circulating plasma
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of Endocrinology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 †
Both authors contributed equally. ... Randall J. Owens, Ph.D. Central Arkansas Veterans ... Cited by 64 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
T Anelli, R Sitia - The EMBO Journal, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Eukaryotic cells are able to discriminate between native and non-native polypeptides, selectively
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